Leon Uris
Leon Marcus Uris (August 3, 1924 - June 21, 2003) was an American novelist, known for his historical fiction and the deep research that went into his novels. His two bestselling books were Exodus, published in 1958, and Trinity, in 1976. Leon Uris was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Jewish-American parents Wolf William and Anna (Blumberg) Uris. His father, a Polish-born immigrant, was a paperhanger, then a storekeeper. William spent a year in Palestine after World War I before entering the United States. He derived his surname from Yerushalmi, meaning "man of Jerusalem." (His brother Aron, Leon Uris' uncle, took the name Yerushalmi) "He was basically a failure," Uris later said of his father. "He went from failure to failure." Uris attended schools in Norfolk, Virginia and Baltimore, but never graduated from high school, after having failed English three times. At age seventeen, while in his senior year of high school, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and Uris enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He served in the South Pacific as a radioman (in combat) at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and New Zealand from 1942 through 1945. While recuperating from malaria in San Francisco, he met Betty Beck, a Marine sergeant; they married in 1945. Coming out of the service, he worked for a newspaper, writing in his spare time. In 1950, Esquire magazine bought an article, and he began to devote himself to writing more seriously. Drawing on his experiences in Guadalcanal and Tarawa he produced the best-selling, Battle Cry, a novel depicting the toughness and courage of U.S. Marines in the Pacific. He then went to Warner Brothers in Hollywood helping to write the movie, which was extremely popular with the public, if not the critics. Later he went on to write The Angry Hills, a novel set in war-time Greece. According to one source, in the early 1950's he was hired by an American public relations firm to go to Israel and "soak up the atmosphere and create a novel about it". That novel would be Exodus, which came out in 1958 and became his best known work. Others say that Uris, motivated by an intense interest in Israel, financed his own research for the novel by selling the film rights in advance to MGM and writing articles about the Sinai campaign. It is said that the book involved two years of research, and involved thousands of interviews. Exodus illustrated the history of Palestine from the late 19th century through the founding of the state of Israel in 1948. It was a worldwide best-seller, translated into a dozen languages, and was made into a feature film in 1960, starring Paul Newman, directed by Otto Preminger, as well as into a short-lived Broadway musical (12 previews, 19 performances) in 1971. Uris' novel Topaz was adapted for the screen and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Uris' subsequent works included: Mila 18, a story of the Warsaw ghetto uprising; Armageddon: A Novel of Berlin, which reveals the detailed work by British and American intelligence services in planning for the occupation and pacification of post WWII Germany; Trinity, an epic novel about Ireland's struggle for independence; QB VII, a novel about the role of a Polish doctor in a German concentration camp ; and The Haj, with insights into the history of the Middle East and the secret machinations of foreigners which have led to today's turmoil. He also wrote the screenplays for Battle Cry and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Uris was married three times: to Betty Beck, with whom he had three children, from 1945 through their divorce in 1968; Margery Edwards in 1969, who died a year later, and Jill Peabody in 1970, with whom he had two children, and divorced in 1989. Leon Uris died of renal failure at his Long Island home on Shelter Island, aged 78. Leon Uris's papers can be found at the Ransom Center, University of Texas in Austin. The collection includes all of Uris's novels, with the exception of The Haj and Mitla Pass, as well as manus
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Leon Uris retums to the land of his acclaimed best-seller Exodus for an epic story of hate and love, vengeance and forgiveness and forgiveness. The Middle East is the powerful setting for this sweeping tale of a land where revenge is sacred and hatred noble. Where an Arab ruler tries to save his people from destruction but cannot save them from themselves. When violence spreads like a plague across the lands of Palestine--this is the time of The Haj.
It was a time of crisis, a time of tragedy and a time of transcendent courage and determination. Leon Uris's novel is set in the midst of the ghetto uprising that defied Nazi tyranny, as the Jews of Warsaw boldly met Wehrmacht tanks with homemade weapons and bare fists. Here, painted on a canvas as broad as its subject matter, is the compelling story of one of the most heroic struggles of modern times.
Exodus is an international publishing phenomenon--the towering novel of the twentieth century's most dramatic geopolitical event. Leon Uris magnificently portrays the birth of a new nation in the midst of enemies--the beginning of an earthshaking struggle for power. Here is the tale that swept the world with its fury: the story of an American nurse, an Israeli freedom fighter caught up in a glorious, heartbreaking, triumphant era.
In Queen’s Bench Courtroom Number Seven, famous author Abraham Cady stands trial. In his book The Holocaust—born of the terrible revelation that the Jadwiga Concentration Camp was the site of his family’s extermination—Cady shook the consciousness of the human race. He also named eminent surgeon Sir Adam Kelno as one of Jadwiga’s most sadistic inmate/doctors. Kelno has denied this and brought furious charges. Now unfolds Leon Uris’s riveting courtroom drama—one of the great fictional trials of the century.
Leon Uris’s beloved Irish classic, available in Avon mass market. From the acclaimed author who enthralled the world with Exodus, Battle Cry, QB VII, Topaz, and other beloved classics of twentieth-century fiction comes a sweeping and powerful epic adventure that captures the "terrible beauty" of Ireland during its long and bloody struggle for freedom. It is the electrifying story of an idealistic young Catholic rebel and the valiant and beautiful Protestant girl who defied her heritage to join his cause. It is a tale of love and danger, of triumph at an unthinkable cost—a magnificent portrait of a people divided by class, faith, and prejudice—an unforgettable saga of the fires that devastated a majestic land... and the unquenchable flames that burn in the human heart.
Battle Cry is the riveting Marine epic by the bestselling author of such classics as Trinity and Exodus.Originally published in 1953, Leon Uris's Battle Cry is the raw and exciting story of men at war from a legendary American author.This is the story of enlisted men – Marines – at the beginning of World War II. They are a rough–and–ready tangle of guys from America's cities and farms and reservations. Led by a tough veteran sergeant, these soldiers band together to emerge as part of one of the most elite fighting forces in the world. With staggering realism and detail, we follow them into intense battles – Guadalcanal and Tarawa – and through exceptional moments of camaraderie and bravery. Battle Cry does not extol the glories of war, but proves itself to be one of the greatest war stories of all time.
In Berlin at the end of World War II, an American Army officer bears witness to the aftermath of one historic tragedy and the rise of another. Captain Sean O'Sullivan distinguishes himself as a courageous soldier in the closing days of World War II, but what comes next tests his deepest reserves of strength and conviction. Sent to oversee the rebuilding of Berlin, O'Sullivan is exposed to the horrific truths of the Holocaust, a shattered and defeated society, and the new threat of Soviet power as the Iron Curtain begins to shadow the city. When Soviet forces blockade Berlin and the airlift begins, O'Sullivan is faced with profound moral dilemmas in an increasingly complicated world. Armageddon is one of the great fictional portrayals of Europe in the earliest days of the Cold War."Magnificent. The great drama of the Berlin airlift . . ." -The Columbus Dispatch"A vast panorama of people and places . . . dramatic moment after dramatic moment in a throbbing tempo." -New York Herald TribuneLeon Uris (1924-2003) was an author of fiction, nonfiction, and screenplays whose works include numerous best-selling novels. His epic Exodus (1958) has been translated into over fifty languages. Uris's work is notable for its focus on dramatic moments in contemporary history, including World War II and its aftermath, the birth of modern Israel, and the Cold War. Through the massive success of his novels and his skill as a storyteller, Uris has had enormous influence on popular understanding of twentieth-century history.
On the eve of the Cuban Missile Crisis, American and French intelligence agents are plunged into a maze of Cold War intrigue In Paris, 1962, French intelligence chief André Devereaux and NATO intelligence chief Michael Nordstrom have uncovered Soviet plans to ship nuclear arms to Cuba. But when Devereaux reports his findings and nobody acts—and he is targeted in an assassination attempt—he soon realizes he’s tangled in a plot far greater than he first understood.
Master storyteller Leon Uris, internationally acclaimed author of such bestsellers as Exodus, Topaz, QB VII,Trinity, the Haj and Mitla Pass, continues the epic story of the Irish struggle for freedom in Redemption. A dramatic saga set against the backdrop of growing unrest in Ireland and a world on the brink of the First World War, Redemption weaves together a cast of unforgettable characters that form the heart and soul of three extraordinary Irish families. They love freedom more than life,and they will fight to the death to win it. From the magnificence of New Zealand's green mountains, to the bloody beaches and cliffs of Gallipoli, to the streets of Dublin and the shipyards of Belfast, Redemption follows three Irish Patriots on their odysseys of freedom and passionin a monumental tale of the men and women who loved, fought, and died for the chance to be free.
Writer Gideon Zadok leaves the glitter of Hollywood for the newly created State of Israel, where he learns much about himself and love on a dangerous military operation he covers as a war correspondent
Spanning the decades from World War II to the 2008 presidential campaign, A God in Ruins is the riveting story of Quinn Patrick O'Connell, an honest, principled, and courageous man on the brink of becoming the second Irish Catholic President of the United States. But Quinn is a man with an explosive secret that can shatter his political amibitions, threaten his life, and tear the country apart--a secret buried for over a half century--that even he does not know...
In the years following America's terrible Civil War, the fate of the U.S. Marine Corps rests in the capable hands of Zachary O'Hara. A first-generation Irish-American and son of a legendary war hero, O'Hara is the one man who can prevent the dissolution of his father's beloved "Wart-Hogs," thereby ensuring his own future as a valuable member of this proud and vital branch of his nation's armed forces. But a dark secret weighs heavily on this tormented, dedicated warrior. And the greatest obstacle to his mission is one he never Amanda Blanton Kerr, the passionate, obstinate daughter of the ruthless industrialist who's the Corps' fiercest adversary. A beautiful heiress on a mission of her own, her destiny will intertwine with O'Hara's in the tumultuous decades to follow, forcing him to confront the devastating choice no soldier should ever have to between his duty and his desire; between his country and his heart.
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A special two-in-one edition by a master of storytelling, featuring Exodus, the epic saga of Israel’s earliest days,and QB VII, the story of a writer accused of committing atrocities during World War IIThe Exodus was just one ship among many that carried survivors of the Holocaust to Palestine to establish a new nation. But the path that Jewish immigrants took to enter British-controlled Palestine was a difficult one, fraught with danger and political intrigue. The boat was intercepted by British forces and the refugees were placed in concentration camps.Uris’s blockbuster novel traces the lives of the men and women who brave British naval blockades to help Israel come into being, from Ari Ben Canaan, who works tirelessly to smuggle in settlers, to Kitty Fremont, an American nurse drawn into a vast, tragic history. Weaving together fact and fiction, history and dramatic storylines, Exodus stands today as one of the most influential narratives of the founding of the State of Israel.In QB VII, for Abe Cady, settlement is not an option when the facts of the Holocaust are on trial. A journalist and screenwriter, Cady produced the definitive account of the Holocaust just after World War II. But Polish doctor Adam Kelno, who was pressed into service in a notorious concentration camp, sues Cady for his book’s claim that the doctor conducted terrible experiments on camp inmates. The libel trial that follows tears open old wounds, disrupts lives, and becomes a battle for justice on behalf of tens of thousands of lost and damaged souls.QB VII is a gripping drama, largely based on author Uris’s own protracted libel defense against a former concentration camp surgeon named in his novel Exodus. It was made into the first miniseries in television history.
Exodus is the story of the greatest miracle of our time : the rebirth of a nation. It tells the story of Jews coming back after centuries of abuse , torture and murder , to carve an oasis in the sand with guts and with blood"That was how Leon Uris describes his famous novel Exodus about the re-birth of the State of Israel. In Exodus Revisited, he returns to the places and people that first inspired Exodus.In this pictorial essay , first published in 1960, and illustrated with over 250 photographs by Dimitrios Harissiardis, Uris examines the vibrant young nation, with an ancient and glorious but often tragic past.As a land of contrasts , from the deserts of the Negev to the lush valleys of the Galil, from the tough and wonderful young Sabras to the ultra-Orthodox Jews of Jerusalem and Safed, Uris takes us on a journey through Israel's glorious past, hopeful present and divine future."The dispersed Jews , destroyed as a nation, suffered unspeakable persecution in most of the world. They never stopped looking towards their ancient homeland, with the prayer that ended, Next year in Jerusalem.From the remains of Hazor, an ancient city that was conquered by Joshua, to the fortress of Masada, where 286 Jews held back the might of Rome for three years, until, betrayed they all perished: men, women and children. The Jewish nation was destroyed and the Jews dispersed to the four corners of the earth. To the battlegrounds where the poorly armed Jewish community of Palestine held off the armies of five Arab nations in the War of Independence, and where to this day the people of Israel have lived in the sights of Arab hate and violence, longing only for the day when their children can live in peace.It portrays the brave young soldiers of Israel whose determination is that 'We shall not perish again'.It is a digest of Jews living as a free people in their own land, the State of Israel, re-risen like a phoenix from the ashes of the holocaustTo Israel's most precious possession of all. Her beautiful , bright eyed and inquisitive children.It is important to see the beauty of Israel, at a time when the media do not portray all that is wonderful about this land and it's people , choosing instead to engage in prejudice and hate-filled invective , unfairly demonizing the Children of Israel , in the same way Hitler and Goebbels did."Israel is the light of a new dawn. As in ancient days , she is again a bridge from the world of darkness to the world of light.
"Trinity", nome que sugere um todo, é neste extraordinário romance de Leon Uris, sinónimo de desunião, força implacável que divide: os camponeses católicos pobres - o antigo povo gaélico; os trabalhadores protestantes, descendentes de escoceses e presbiterianos vindos do Ulster, também eles pobres, mas receosos de que lhes roubem a magra côdea que lhes atiraram; e a aristocracia de origem britânica que se instalou, que se aliou à finança e à igreja (uma trindade dentro da trindade) e tem como único objectivo dominar a coberto de falsos ideais. É esta a "Trinity" (trindade) que Leon Uris procura ilustrar.
"Trinity", nome que sugere um todo, é neste extraordinário romance de Leon Uris, sinónimo de desunião, força implacável que divide: os camponeses católicos pobres - o antigo povo gaélico; os trabalhadores protestantes, descendentes de escoceses e presbiterianos vindos do Ulster, também eles pobres, mas receosos de que lhes roubem a magra côdea que lhes atiraram; e a aristocracia de origem britânica que se instalou, que se aliou à finança e à igreja (uma trindade dentro da trindade) e tem como único objectivo dominar a coberto de falsos ideais. É esta a "Trinity" (trindade) que Leon Uris procura ilustrar.
Exodus is an international publishing phenomenon--the towering novel of the twentieth century's most dramatic geopolitical event. Leon Uris magnificently portrays the birth of a new nation in the midst of enemies--the beginning of an earthshaking struggle for power. Here is the tale that swept the world with its the story of an American nurse, an Israeli freedom fighter caught up in a glorious, heartbreaking, triumphant era.
Exodus is an international publishing phenomenon--the towering novel of the twentieth century's most dramatic geopolitical event. Leon Uris magnificently portrays the birth of a new nation in the midst of enemies--the beginning of an earthshaking struggle for power. Here is the tale that swept the world with its the story of an American nurse, an Israeli freedom fighter caught up in a glorious, heartbreaking, triumphant era.
Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona. 22 cm. 223 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Uris, Leon 1924-2003. Traducción de José Vidal Cadellans. Plaza & Janés éxitos. Traducción The angry hills. Vidal Cadellans, José. 1928-1960 .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. 8401322111
Dette er romanen om Israels blodige tilblivelse under englændernes blokade og de frygtelige grænsekampe.Det er historien om den amerikanske sygeplejerske og den israelske frihedskæmper, der pludselig gøre fælles sag mod overmagten.Og det er historien om mennesker, hvis dørm det er at få et sted at leve - et land, de kan kalde deres.ISBN 87-7531-019-8 (1. del)ISBN 87-7531-020-1 (2. del)
Den amerikanske officer, Sean O'Sullivan, får en høj militær post i Berlin lige efter anden verdenskrig. Han forelsker sig i en tysk pige og møder en række særprægede personer, der alle spiller en vigtig rolle i dramaet om Berlin.Det er beretningen om, hvordan Berlin bliver et brændpunkt mellem Øst og Vest, om den sovjetiske blokade og om det eventyrlige redningsforsøg, der blev kaldt "luftbroen til Berlin".Et storværk om et besejret folk og kampen mellem demokrati og socialisme.ISBN 87-7531-127-5 (1. del)ISBN 87-7531-128-3 (2. del)
Rory Larkin er fast besluttet på at kæmpe sig vej til Irland fra sit hjem i New Zealand, hvortil hans familie blev tvangsflyttet i 1895. Han er glad for kvinder, men vil ikke lade sig binde. Han lader sig indskrive som soldat i den engelske hær, tager med denne på en odyssé fra Australien til Egypten og er med i det fatale slag ved Gallipoli i 1915. Herfra kommer han omsider til Irland efter den voldsomme påskeopstand i 1916. Han er en urolig sjæl, og da han endelig sætter fod i det oprørske Dublin, er det med hævn i sinde.Leon Uris’ roman "I frihedens navn" er et monument over den irske frihedskamp. Det er historien om tre store familier, der var involveret i den, og om de mænd og kvinder, de elskede. En stor og betagende familiesaga. "I frihedens navn" er en selvstændig fortsættelse af romanen "Trinity", der fortæller om den stigende modstand mod englænderne i Irland omkring århundredskiftet.Leon Uris (1924-2003) var en amerikansk forfatter, der skrev en lang række historiske romaner. Hans bøger opnåede stor popularitet og blev oversat til mange fremmedsprog. Flere af hans bøger er inspirerede af hans egne erfaringer som soldat i Europa under anden verdenskrig. Denne krig og en lang række andre krige og konflikter i det tyvende århundrede danner bagtæppe for flere af Leon Uris’ mest populære bøger.